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News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Administration’s Priorities and Policy Initiatives Under the Clean Water Act":

Chairs DeFazio, Napolitano Statements from Hearing on “The Administration’s Priorities and Policy Initiatives Under the Clean Water Act”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled: “The Administration’s Priorities and Policy Initiatives Under the Clean Water Act."

Opening Statement of Ranking Member Carper: Improving American Economic Competitiveness through Water Resources Infrastructure

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Improving American Economic Competitiveness through Water Resources Infrastructure." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...

What They Are Saying... Broad Support for USE IT Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of members of Congress and stakeholders have voiced support for the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act. The legislation is numbered S. 383 in the Senate and H.R. 1166 in the House of Representatives. The Senate version passed the Senate as part of S.1790, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Carper Statement on Trump Administration’s Revocation of California’s Clean Cars Authority

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration moved to revoke the State of California's authority under the Clean Air Act to set and enforce its own fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards.

Barrasso: Work still needs to be done on Water Infrastructure

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Improving American Economic Competitiveness through Water Resources Infrastructure."

FAA Update on Hurricane Dorian

News Release: 9/17/2019. A team of four FAA Technical Operations Specialists and a mobile FAA air traffic control tower arrived in Marsh Harbour, the Bahamas, on a C-17 today. The tower will help the Bahamian government facilitate humanitarian response flights.. -------------------------------. 9/8/2019. The Federal ...

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to hold Markup

News Release: Washington, DC- The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...

Chair DeFazio Formally Invites Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to Testify at Hearing in October on the 737 MAX

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) formally invited Boeing Chairman Dennis Muilenburg and Chief Engineer of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes division John Hamilton to appear before the Full Committee for a hearing on Oct. 30, 2019.

Carper Meets with Leaders of the Youth Climate Movement

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sat down with several Senate Democrats to hear from some of the young men and women leading the climate movement, including Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden and leader of Fridays for Future.

As Part of the Committee’s Investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX, Chairs DeFazio and Larsen Formally Request Interviews with Several Boeing Employees

News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (“Committee") Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) wrote to Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to formally request interviews with several Boeing employees. The Committee believes...

CLEAN WATER UNDER ATTACK: The Five Worst Things the Trump Administration is Doing Right Now to Undermine Clean Water

News Release: Washington, DC- Nearly fifty years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, the Trump EPA has quietly launched an unprecedented attack on the very policies and regulations that have helped hundreds of millions of Americans access clean water in communities across the country. A new report, commissioned...

Ranking Members Sam Graves & Bruce Westerman Praise Repeal of Obama WOTUS Rule

News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) today commended President Trump for his administration’s action to repeal the Obama Administration’s WOTUS rule and massive expansion of federal control over the rights of farmers, small businesses, communities, and private citizens across the country.

Carper Statement on EPA’s Repeal of the Clean Water Rule

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) finalized a rule repealing the Obama-era Clean Water Rule, which EPA finalized in 2015 after four years of scientific review and unprecedented public engagement.

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